How to Create Emerald Green Beer for St. Patrick’s Day

When it comes to celebrations, we take things pretty seriously. In order to properly celebrate St. Patrick’s day, we know it’s vital to nail down the best green beer recipe around.To properly identify the right mix, we tested for different brews.

Guiness

Smithwick’s

Killian’s

Mississippi Pale Ale

Here’s What We Found:

Taste and Color Ratings

Guiness

Color: 3
Taste: 6

Killian’s Irish Red

Color: 7
Taste: 7

Smithwick’s Red Ale

Color: 5
Taste: 7

Lazy Magnoila’s Deep South Reb Ale

Color: 9
Taste: 6

While we may not be professional beer tasters, the color of the Lazy Magnolia was certainly the best. If you’re looking for the glassware to pair well with your favorite brew, check out some of our favorite beverage glasses and impress your holiday guests.

Chelsea Sanz has lived in East Tennessee since her family moved here from South Florida just before she started high school. While she initially begrudged her new home state, she eventually realized she had come to not only love it, but to “bleed orange” as University of Tennessee Volunteers fans here like to say. She and her boyfriend Hunter, a trail worker for Great Smoky Mountains National Park, enjoy exploring the nation’s most visited national park and coming up with their own farm-to-table recipes.